No, grandma won't do that. But if grandma's geek nephew had previously setup
that hostname in the family network for grandma's laptop on the router
(=DHCP,DNS,etc.), newphew would not have to enter the hostname again if he sets
up grandma's computer a second (or tenth) time.
For computers in DHC
While dhcp *can* configure the hostname, this generally is not done
because it requires the network admin to figure out the mac address of
the computer in question, and configure the dhcp server to assign that
hostname to that mac address. It is much easier to just enter the name
when installing t
Hm, you can' t use the hostname to set the hostname, but you can use what you
get from a dhcp server as hostname.
See http://askubuntu.com/questions/104918/how-to-get-hostname-from-dhcp-server
and https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1533#section-3.14 for that.
Sorry to insist here., but while I unde
You can't use the hostname to set the hostname. We also don't want to
hard code a default like "ubuntu", so while it may not be perfect ( due
to motherboard vendors being stupid and not filling in the field ),
using the bios provided name is what we've got.
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- In Ubiquity (here KDe version, but should be the same in GNOME) the name that
is set automatically here is "christian-System-Product-Name", so it seems to be
%username%-%hostname%.
+ In Ubiquity (here KDE version, but should be the sam
The system manufacturer's name only makes sense on bought all-in-one
PCs, Macs or Laptops. If you build your own Pc out of custom components,
this seems to be not a very good solution.
Why not use the hostname? The hostname could be preset from network (DHCP/DNS)
if present, and if not, it is "ub
This has nothing to do with natty, it is still present in Ubuntu 14.04
Trusty Tahr.
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Was set to invalid because of natty being not maintained any more - but
bug still in 14.04
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natty have reached EOL now
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Even on my Netbook (MSI Wind U100) the hostname is then "christian-U90-U100"
which is very stupid.
But I understand if this bug is of low prio.
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I'm not a DMI expert, but I suspect not, those fields just tend to have
some string dreamt up by the motherboard bios engineer.
Dave
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Is there a way to check IF the name is filled in? And if not, use a
standard name?
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Hi,
Hmm yes that's a horrid name; but I think it's a little more subtle.
In your logs attached to the bug there is the kernel line:
Mar 26 11:41:04 ubuntu kernel: [0.00] DMI: System manufacturer System
Product Name/M4N68T-M, BIOS 040112/07/2009
So it looks like your motherboard ve
Hello
Imho, yes, this new feature sometimes give me rage, because every installation
i've to delete k8nf4g (mobo) that sound orrible.
So I confirm this issue.
Fabio
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